Baked Shoestring Sweet Potato

Guilt free fries
 You cannot ask for a simpler recipe than this one- seriously!
Except the cutting part - But that's what sweet husbands are for, right ?

Ingredients
shoe string cut sweet potatoes about 5 or 6 small sized ones
curry powder
olive oil

Preparation
Set oven to 425 degrees
In a mixing bowl mix the sweet potatoes with curry powder and dribble olive oil sparingly over it
Spread in a single layer on a flat baking pan
cook for about 10 minutes
Remove from over, turn them around with a spatula
Put back in the over and let the other side cook for another 10 minutes

Serve hot with ketchup :-)

Variation Two: For those who cannot find curry powder, you can substitute with crushed pepper and maybe some finely ground coriander seeds.

Simply Sun-delicious Lima Beans

Sorry I have not posted my sundals of the day over the weekend - But I made a black-eyed peas sundal and a pasiparuppu (moong dal) sundal. Today I went green and made a lima beans sundal with a green salad. Yep - following the healthy trend!  This turned out to be the most enjoyed sundal.
Sundals are no big deal and usually, the simpler kept the better - I used frozen Lima beans - I believe it is mochakottai in Tamil.

Ingredients:
2 bags of frozen lima beans or 2 cups of fresh lima beans
1/4 cup of fresh grated or frozen grated coconut
Salt

Preparation:
Steam cook frozen pack in microwave (or)
fresh beans on stove top with just enough water covering the beans
Beans should be green and tender - this may require tweaking amount of water used to steam. Add the required amount of salt to the water. The trick is not not allow the beans to get dry and hard! Besides from a taste point of view, you all lose all the goodness of the bean by overcooking to dryness! Sprinkle coconut over tender beans and stir for a couple of minutes
Slightly dry roast the coconut.
Tadka with 1/2 teaspoon of mustard seeds
2 dry red cayenne peppers
a pinch of asafoetida and
a few curry leaves.
Serve hot :-)